Dallas Morning News - Business | May 19, 2016 | by Steve Brown - "The Legacy West Urban Village in Plano is a busy place...By late 2017, thousands of workers for Toyota, Liberty Mutual Insurance and JPMorgan Chase will be knocking at the door to eat in the urban village’s restaurants and shop. Eateries and retail in the more than $400 million Legacy West Urban Village will begin opening by late this year..."

Bisnow - Dallas-Ft Worth | April 18, 2016 | by Catherine Meredith - "The Legacy submarket in Plano is turning out to be a place where giants grow. Big companies become bigger. The square footage and money invested is eye-popping...Perhaps the biggest name in Legacy is Toyota. Its arrival in Plano left no doubt that it was shaping up to be a top-flight city. Toyota’s brand name at Legacy spurred a slew of new tenants and builders eager to be a part of the city’s burgeoning reputation for good business..."

Bisnow - Dallas-Ft Worth | April 25, 2016 | by Catherine Meredith - "A list of America's top boomtowns named Dallas a gold mine for new home construction, job creation, and in increasing number of households...Dallas County is expected to create 40,000 new jobs this year, 4.5 times more than the average of the top 100 counties in the US."

Dallas Morning News - Biz Beat Blog | March 14, 2016 | The Associated Press - "Employers stepped up hiring in 30 states in January, led by big gains in Florida, Texas and North Carolina, while 20 states shed jobs..."

Dallas Business Journal | February 25, 2016 | by Bill Hethcock - "Even as the national economy and the financial markets gyrate, the Dallas-Fort Worth jobs market remains hot. New, expanding and relocating businesses added 98,900 new jobs last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That ranked North Texas behind New York City with 156,400 new jobs and Los Angeles with 135,100 new jobs in 2015..."

The Dallas Morning News | January 4, 2016 | by Steve Brown -
"Dallas-Fort Worth apartment rents jumped by more than 6 percent in 2015 –the largest such annual increase for the area.
'We had record calendar year performance for rent growth,' said Greg Willett, vice president with apartment analyst MPF Research.
The large average rent increases came as North Texas led the country in apartment leasing in 2015..."

Bisnow | July 30, 2015 | by Tonie Auer - "SPI Advisory is still in acquisition mode with plans to add about 700 more units before year's end while also investing more than $2M in renovations over the next 12 months across its portfolio, says principal Sean Mabarak..."

Bisnow | March 18, 2015 - "SPI Advisory doesn’t want to be another number in the multifamily bidding wars so principal Michael Becker is going off the radar to target off-market assets. And he’s already closed three this year..."